ZzzA warning to the American media from a Russian journalist who covers Putinverified_publisherQuartz - Alexey KovalevCongratulations, US media! You’ve just covered your first press conference of an authoritarian leader with a massive ego and a deep disdain for your trade and everything you hold dear. We in Russia have been doing it for 12 years now — with a short hiatus when our leader wasn’t technically our …
ZzzThe Secret Source of Putin’s Evilverified_publisherVanity Fair - By Peter SavodnikIt’s not the K.G.B., or the Cold War. It’s decidedly more Pushkin-esque, or Peter the Great, than that. Henry Kissinger recently compared Vladimir Putin to “a character out of Dostoevsky,” which apparently delighted the Russian president. That’s not entirely surprising. No Russian writer encapsulates …
ZzzPutin’s Revengeverified_publisherPOLITICO - By MICHAEL CROWLEYTwenty years before Vladimir Putin began his ingenious campaign to influence the U.S. presidential election, his predecessor as Russia’s president stood on a dark street near the White House. In his underpants. Looking for a pizza. It was September 1994, and Boris Yeltsin was in Washington for a …
ZzzRussia's election interference should alarm every American: What you need to knowverified_publisherQuartz - Steve LeVineWith anti-establishment politics shaking governments across the west, US and European intelligence chiefs are newly raising the alarm about Russian cyber attacks and information warfare, saying they pose a threat to their democracies. In the US, the warnings have been met with a mix of outrage and …
ZzzOpinion | Behind Mr. Putin’s Easy Victory (Published 2016)verified_publisherThe New York Times - The Editorial BoardIn Russia’s parliamentary election on Sunday, Vladimir Putin’s party won three-quarters of the seats outright in the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian Parliament, and the rest indirectly, through parties loyal to him. It apparently did so without many voting irregularities, and despite a …
ZzzUS special forces are helping Turkey clear out ISIS strongholds in Syriaverified_publisherVICE - Justin LingAmericans will now be fighting alongside both the Turkish military and Kurdish militias in its bid to push the Islamic State further south. American special forces will be heading to northern Syria to help clear Islamic State-held towns, alongside Turkish forces, the Department of Defense announced …
